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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
A packaging machine has a folding rail for guiding a prefolded bottom forming portion of a container fitted around a mandrel from a first process station to a second process station during the movement of the mandrel from the first to the second station while folding the bottom forming portion flat by contact therewith. The folding rail comprises right and left two rail members , with a clearance C formed therebetween for permitting an outer end of the prefolded bottom forming portion of the container fitted around the mandrel to be inserted thereinto during the movement from the first to the second station. An unfolding preventing guide member is disposed in the rail clearance C so as to come into contact with a required part of the bottom forming portion during movement through the clearance.